Foster Wheeler, Amec win Kuwait refinery work

Amec was awarded the consultancy contract for building a new 615,000 bpd refinery, while Foster Wheeler was appointed as consultant for the so-called clean fuel project, under which two of Kuwait's three existing refineries at Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah will be upgraded.

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National oil refining company Kuwait National
Petroleum Co. said Wednesday it has selected Foster Wheeler and
Amec as consultants for two mega oil projects estimated to cost
around $30 billion.

KNPC said in a statement that London-based
international engineering and project management company Amec
was awarded the consultancy contract for building a new 615,000
bpd refinery.

US firm Foster Wheeler was appointed as
consultant for the so-called clean
fuel project, under which two of Kuwait's three existing
refineries at Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah will be upgraded.

Each of the two projects is estimated to cost
around $15 billion.

Spokesman for KNPC, Mohammad al-Ajmi, said the
value of the Amec contract is $528 million and $502 million for
the Foster Wheeler contract.